This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

When producer Katie Mingle's dad retired, he began walking. A lot.

He'd always been a walker, but with all the new time on his hands, his walking took on a

forest, gumpian, fervor. He started doing these really long, multi-day treks through the countryside.

And even though he's American, he mostly preferred to walk in the UK. In fact, over the course of

several years, he walked the entire length of Great Britain. And on one of these many trips in 2003.

I was walking through this beautiful, rolling hills and wooded area and there were,

there were just literally hundreds and hundreds of pheasants and grouse along this trail and you'd

walk along and they would fly up in the air. That's my dad, Jim Mingle. I walked and walked and

it got later and later and I realized I couldn't get back to my B&B where I was staying.

So I decided I would hitchhike back. Hitchhiking is dangerous, dad, but go on. I stuck out my thumb and

up pulled this Jeep and I hopped in and there was this guy sitting there, all dressed in sort of

traditional tweed outfit. It was a funny cap and there was a shotgun on the rack in the back

which you never ever saw in Britain. And we got to talking and he said he was the gamekeeper for

Madonna and Guy Richie. My dad had been walking through Madonna's private estate when he was picked up

by her gamekeeper. Which is a thing a lot of wealthy landowners have in England, a person who manages

the hunting activity on their land. Right, so this gamekeeper drove him back to the village where he

was staying and dropped him off and know his story doesn't end with him meeting Madonna. I wish

it did too. And I ask about Madonna how he liked this gamekeeper like working for her and

he said he loved his job and he thought Madonna was just wonderful.

What's your favorite Madonna song, Dad? I have no idea. I just like the idea of Madonna. I'm

that very good at remembering those kinds of things. Now that we've established that Madonna is

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